London Banter - View Single Post - 5 car Overground trains to Watford Junction

[email protected] · January 14th 15, 02:19 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article , d ()
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On Wed, 14 Jan 2015 05:13:43 -0600
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In article ,
d () wrote:
"Constrained" obviously has a different meaning in railway parlance
then. Even a couple of trains an hour to finsbury would be better than
nothing.

Constrained in the sense that TfL and the Mayor would like to run a more
frequent North London Line service but isn't being allowed to do so
because of lack of capacity, allowing for the freight paths. The recently
changed layout introduces what are in effect freight loops at Caledonian
Road & Barnsbury but the Canonbury curve is to the east of them.

Is it really necessary for freight to use the NLL in the first place?
Surely there must be other routes it can take. Or just do most freight at
night with a limited service in the day.

I thought you knew everything? Obviously not or you would have know about
traffic from the UK's busiest port to its busiest main railway line.

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Colin Rosenstiel